Daniel Dolgicer

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Jul 16, 2024, 11:51 AM

Why can’t the Democrats get the election right?

Mike Dukakis in a tank

Biden improved Americans' lives, but if voters don't realize that, they won't reward it

Feb 24, 2024, 11:24 PM

Tucker Carlson Fell for the Lie

In Soviet times, very few people believed state propaganda. Many laughed at it. Unfortunately, Russian propaganda is more sophisticated. It runs deep and goes far. It’s taken hold within the Republican Party in the United States, at the top levels,...

Oct 9, 2023, 5:43 PM

Opium for the Woke

I'm currently in Israel, and woke up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday to an air raid siren. I thought, for a fleeting moment, that it may be a test, or an error. But the wallowing sirens were activated again,...

May 13, 2021, 5:53 PM

The folly of social media

The issue with activism, particularly of the super woke variety, is that many people excrete manufactured outrage and peddle fiction — even if unknowingly, or with good intentions. Those who shout the loudest get the most attention. Followers yell from the...

Nov 5, 2020, 4:46 PM

These days after the US election represent an inflection point in history. Democracy isn't self-executing. It works, only if people make it work. To some extent it's an honor system. It relies on those in power to implement it. The...

Jan 28, 2020, 12:13 AM

Confessions of a Knife Salesman

I wanted to make a few bucks after finishing high school. I had dabbled in the more conventional rites of a student seeking extra cash: bussing, waitering, dog-walking; historical evidence provides that I am a very poor dog-walker. I...

Jan 9, 2019, 1:50 PM

How a Stray Cat Taught Me Empathy

Earlier today I saw a man at a coffee shop drinking coffee. No phone, no tablet, no laptop. Just, staring into air, staring at the distant horizon, perhaps pondering his next meal or the biblical end of times. I...

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About Me

Daniel Dolgicer is a native of New York City, and an alumnus of Cardozo School of Law and Reichman University. He's had a lifelong connection with Israel and Zionism and commentates mainly on American and Israeli politics. He lives between New York and Tel Aviv. He once won $100 for knowing the capital of New Zealand.